Author Archives: Emily Velasco

Emily is a communications specialist in the Office of Public Affairs and a Cal Poly Pomona alumna. She writes about the colleges of Science and Agriculture. Her other duties include wading through the murky world of social media.

The man responsible for much of the magic in movies such as “Up,” “Wall-E” and “Cars” will give a behind-the-scenes look at how it’s done during a lecture at Cal Poly Pomona on April 4. Chris Ford, business director for…

A trio of Cal Poly Pomona architecture students has swept a statewide design competition, taking home awards for first, second and third place. The Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH) Student Design competition asks participants to submit design concepts for…

A student-organized collaborative programming competition, or hackathon, drew 200 participants to campus in January. Hackpoly, as the event was dubbed, opened with lectures by guest speakers Robert Rose, director of Flight Software at SpaceX, and Alex Capecelatro, CEO/founder of At…

Sometimes the toughest thing about college isn’t college itself, but what comes immediately afterward. Recent graduates may enter the workforce and find that their classroom knowledge doesn’t necessarily translate into job skills. Those bound for doctoral programs might be prepared…

Beginning this week, people from anywhere — be it Alaska or Argentina, Madagascar or Maine — will be able to register free of charge for the university’s first massive open online course, otherwise known as a MOOC.